[tontom]

Noticed on the lottie today that my garlic leaves are yellowing. They are not ready until october. Anybody got any idea whats causing them to yellow please .

[sunshineband]

There are serval possible causes.

Are they otherwise healthy?

[tontom]

the leaves are stood up ok ,i have'nt looked under the soil to check on the bulbs but the leaves are turning yellowand the're not ready for pulling yet .

[Beetroot queen]

Mine did the same but after a good drink and a few days of being ignored they have pulled their socks up.

I was going to resort to using something someone said about on here, I would happily tell you what it was but I forgot what it was something number 2

Useless help that was, wasnt it 

[mumofstig]

They probably haven't been enjoying the cold weather, being a mediterranean plant give them a feed and they should be ok now the weather is improving ...

[mr Isaccs]

My garlic (along with many others) has been yelllowing, I gave it a boost of nitrogen via my compost tea the other day and they are looking alot better.  
 

[tontom]

Would you suggest Chempak number two Mumofstig ?

[gardener247]

i had the same problem last month so i fed them and now the tips of the leaves are purple

[mumofstig]

well I tend to dose everything with blood fish and bone and nothings complained yet.....
i have a very big tub of the stuff so may as well use it  

I'm sorry, I don't know anything about Chempack fertilisers.

[Christine]

Our gardeners association sells a fair amount of Chempak products in boxes - the high nitrogen feeds are popular at this time of the year. They seem to work well for those who use them. Chempak No 4 is the one flying off the shelf for high nitrogen.

Mind some of the older gardeners swear by a dose of Epsom salts for nitrogen deficiency. We sell a fair amount of that too.

A combination of watering and feeding has improved the state of my garlic and some warmer weather would help.

[sunshineband]

I thought epsom salts were for magnesium deficiency 

[Christine]

OOOPs - you are right. Knickers in a twist syndrome, it's too late at night and I don't know what I'm on about. 

[sunshineband]

No worries.

If the leaves are uniformly yellow (ie not only between the veins along the leaf) it could be nitrogen deficiency.

Any fertiliser with urea in is high in nitrogen and coud help.

[mr Isaccs]

Any fertiliser with urea in is high in nitrogen and coud help.

   Urea as in urine Sunshine?
If so is that why they say if you have to pee down the lotty empty it on the compost??

[sunshineband]

Any fertiliser with urea in is high in nitrogen and coud help.

   Urea as in urine Sunshine?
If so is that why they say if you have to pee down the lotty empty it on the compost??

Urea is in urine, yes. It is the waste product formed when we digest protein